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Welcome Janine Joseph - Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State and author of the award winning book \u201cDriving Without A License\u201d to Immigration MIC! \n\nIn this interview, we go in-depth into Janine\u2019s personal immigration story, and how her undocumented status inspires her work as part of Undocupoets, which includes: \n\n\U0001f535 Growing up in the Philippines (as a child star!), her father\u2019s work in the government working for President Aquino and the impact activism had on her at an early age. \n\n\U0001f534 Her personal story in immigrating with her family to the US to California, and her candid take on how she sees her family\u2019s experiences. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f How her family became a mixed status unit - and how being scammed by lawyers led to her undocumented status. \n\n\U0001f535 The moments that defined her journey: learning she was undocumented through filling out FAFSA forms, and her family\u2019s reaction to her questions about her status. \n\n\U0001f534 Her journey to becoming the published author she is today: how Cecilia Woloch and other authors inspired what came to be \u201cDriving Without A License\u201d after attending a writing retreat. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f Janine was able to adjust her status, but keeps details of it close to her, only saying \u201con some days there were good guys, on some days there were bad guys\u201d - so profound. \n\n\U0001f535 How her book went from being a dissertation, to her mentor\u2019s encouragement, to initially feeling panic knowing her story was out in the world, Janine shares these experiences, and a couple of poems that she sees as relevant to today\u2019s immigration conversation. \n\n\U0001f534 Her role as an educator after the 2016 election - and how she helped her students process their emotions that day. \n\n\u26ab\ufe0f Her work as part of the Undocupoets Fellowship which works to \u201cpromote the work of undocumented poets and raise consciousness about the structural barriers that they face in the literary community\u201d \u2014 and how she sees her part in paying her experiences forward to other aspiring writers. \n\nUndocupoets Website: https://siblingrivalrypress.com/undocupoets-fellowship/